Madoff Victim Mort Zuckerman Doesn't Blame Italians

When we caught up with Bernie Madoff victim Mort Zuckerman in Washington this weekend at a brunch co-hosted by The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown and Morning Joe‘s Joe Scarborough of course we had to ask him about the Ponz. He was smiling and joking gallowshumor-style about the market but wanted to make sure that the record was straight. Just as all Jews shouldn’t be blamed for Madoff, “Italians shouldn’t be blamed for Charles Ponzi.”

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